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Monday, April 24, 2006
Chun Pan
This is Chun Pan, the film-maker who made two great documentaries: Skipping in Camp Casey - about Camp Casey last August - and What Democracy Looks Like - about last September's protests in D.C. I have two photos of him on this posting because I like the first one best, but Chun says that you should always take a photo of a director in the "pointing" position. So my second photo is here to make him happy.
Chun lives down the street from me, so I am getting to know him and his story. Now I know why he is doing what work he can to help end the war. Chun's grandfather was a physician who lived in Taiwan. In 1947, Chiang Kai-shek's troops landed in Taiwan and immediately mowed down the dozens of protesters that were waiting at the train station. Chun's grandfather helped as many of the injured as he could. Soon after, leaders of the community, including Chun's grandfather, brought a petition to the governor protesting the murders of the innocents at the train station. This group of eight community leaders were immediately and surprisingly taken into captivity and sentenced to death. Chun's grandfather wrote a letter to his wife the day before he was executed. Chun showed me that letter. In it, the grandfather asks that his eldest son (Chun's dad, who was 17 at the time) not attend his funeral, because the grandfather feared for his son's life. Another son was witness to the public execution, though. Chun's father eventually had to immigrate to the U.S. in order to earn enough to support the rest of his family. Chun knows how war and violence affect lives for generations - he never met his grandfather and was raised in the U.S., away from the rest of his extended family in Taiwan.
Chun is now putting together his next documentary which will show footage from Camp Casey at Easter. This will be a VERY powerful video with footage of Daniel Ellsberg, Joseph Lowery, Cindy Sheehan and much more.
He is not making much money on these projects - in fact, if he is covering his costs, I'd be surprised. If you are interested in purchasing one of the above DVDs, you can contact him at chunpan9@yahoo.com. Not only are his videos moving, but you will be helping out a talented artist who is doing good work in the world. I didn't see any major media reports on this past Camp Casey gathering. It is vital that independents keep telling the stories that the corporate media isn't telling. Please support Chun and other independents.
posted by Carol at 9:23 PM
3 Comments:
Thank you Carol. I am happy to know about your blog. Sincerely, Margaret from Austin, fellow Chun admirer
Remarkable,
I met Chun Pan on the last day of Camp Casey Easter. It is so wonderful to know the story behind the person. I had offered to build a website for him to share his work with a paypal for donations. I am currently working a project of doing presentations at Universities of the Peace Movement and would love to feature his documentaries. I am so glad to have his email address so we may further develope this idea. It is so important that we support each other in this effort to get out the truth.
Hi Marg and Tina!
Thanks for visiting my site and for your support of Chun! Hopefully I will get to meet you at CC in August.
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